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Mad as a hatter

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June 20th 2013
After waking to a rather grey morning we drove back to Byron Bay to visit the old lighthouse at Cape Byron. We timed it well for the free tour around the lighthouse. The light was built in 1900 following 85 shipwrecks. The light has clearly been successful as there have been no further wrecks. The light house, like all in Australia, is now automated from Canberra but uses rotating bulbs to prevent ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Byron Bay

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more